cnn's dana bash joins me now. dana, this was long, 45 points. you got the sense of the people in the audience would have taken even more. >> 48 minutes and 30 seconds by the producers of this program's count. he went offscript as he does do it was bill clinton after all. they certainly did eat it up. it was aspaech that the democratic party certainly was waiting for. >> reporter: this is the lasting image of the evening an embrace four years ago few could imagine. but the former president made clear, bitterness over the bruising battle between his wife and obama is ancient history. repeatedly making case for four more years as only bill clinton can. >> if you wants a winner-take-all, your own your own society you should support the republican ticket. but if you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibility, we're all in this together society, you should vote for barack obama and joe biden. >> reporter: the man who could famously feel your pain vouched for obama's empathy. >> i want to nominate a man who's cool on the outside b